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Birthday
February 16, 1931
Day of Death
2014-11-10
(83 years old)
Place of Birth
Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan
Also Known As
Goichi Oda
高仓健
Кэн Такакура
کن تاکاکورا
Ken Takakura (高倉 健, Takakura Ken), born Gouichi Oda (February 16, 1931, in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan), was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles. Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka.
This subject was covered in one of his most famous movies, Showa Zankyo-den (Remnants of Chivalry in the Showa Era), in which he played an honorable old-school yakuza among the violent post-war gurentai. A graduate of Meiji University in Tokyo Takakura happened by an audition in 1955 at the Toei Film Company, and decided to look in. Toei found a natural in Takakura as he debuted with Denko Karate Uchi (Lightning Karate Blow) in 1956.
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Gambler's Legacy
as Tsukuda Ginjiro
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Saburo Aizawa
Samurai Geisha
as Shimada Seikichi
The Domain: Flower and Dragon
as Kingoro Tamai
The Biggest Gamble
as Shuzo Honjo
Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
as Koji Yashiro
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
as Hanada Hidejiro
Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
as Shogo Hanaoka
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
as Shin'ichi Tachibana
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as Shinichi Tachibana
Brutal Tales of Chivalry
as Seiji Terajima
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Sasaki Kojiro
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
as Shinichi Tachibana
Abashiri Prison
as Shinichi Tachibana
A Fugitive from the Past
as Ajimura
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